Walmart Flipflops Continue To Chemically Burn Wearers

Like Kerry, Walmart told her to file a complaint with the Chinese manufacturer of the bargain sandals.

In response to Fox4’s inquiry, Walmart said, “Product safety is a top priority at Wal-Mart and we are taking this report very seriously. Of several million of this product sold, we have had only a few similar claims.”

Oh, ok. The sandals only caused long lasting and severe rashes on a few people. We’ll take the matter “very seriously”…after beach season is over.

This is exactly why I don’t shop at Walmart anymore. On top of being a lousy employer, tax evaders, and ruining quiet neighborhoods …. their products are made in china and as a result are always subject to quality and safety concerns.

I just went to the beach for a week and needed some sandals or flip-flops. A stop at Wal-Mart was (regrettably) made for some other items on the way down and if not for earlier flip-flop stories here, I could’ve been a victim, too!

People, this is a good reason you need to vote for more consumer-friendly and less giant-corporation-friendly senators in 2008. Hopefully if we get a congress who’s not bought and paid for by big corps, we can confirm a few Supreme Court justices who will stop the tide of cases being decided, against precedent, that make things easier for big businesses to screw us and harder to seek redress when wronged (unlike our good buddies Alito and Roberts).

Look, I don’t like Wal-mart either but just because a couple of people have an adverse(maybe alergic) reaction to the flip flops does not mean you should pull them. Wal-marts problem is the way they handled the complaint. No one is going to call a chinese manufacturer. A good example of this is latex condoms lots of people have reactions to latex but thankfully they haven’t pulled those.

Everyone please, stop shopping at Wal*Mart. Is it even worth it? The other day I saw a commercial about people at a gas station all talking about how, since gas is so expensive, they need the “Wal-mart” savings.

Personally I found that buying a fuel efficient car helped me more at the pump than shopping at Wal*Mart ever could. Plus between Target and the local grocery store I get products that aren’t created with “bottom-line” thinking… and molten lead.

I am sorry, but I need my cheap necessities (flip flops can questionably count as a necessty I guess…. considering its shoes…. guess it depends on your environment *shrug*).

I rarely buy pointless junk at walmart. Heck! I rarely buy anything but the necessities anymore. I am extremely frugal & past the “I gotta have this & that & one of those” stage in my life. Money means much more to me now than junk…. especially with retirement looming ahead in the future.

While Wal*Mart customer service is incorrect. While the manufacturer in China is responsible, Wal*Mart is responsible as well as they aided in placing the product in the stream of commerce.

Unfortunately, this is not a situation that will be remedied by walking up to the counter and filing a complaint. The customer service employees and in-store management are neither qualified or concerned with remedying the situation. This is a problem that will be remedied only when an attorney is contacted and a suit is filed, prompting action from the Wal*Mart corporate headquarters.

This is definitely contact dermatitis. I bought a cheap ironman watch with a plastic-ish band and had the same type of rash. It lasted for two, yes two, months – even with a prescription-strength steroid cream. I just tossed the watch and learned that it’s not worth it to buy cheap items.

I have never heard of something like this in all my life, when I was a kid I wore flip flops from the grocery store that were probably cheaper than these even. There was never a problem like this. My mom has a pair of flip flops that she bought for … 25 cents at target on clearance and they have never caused a problem. Note we only use flip flops for the occasional running to the mailbox or running outside, never for longer than that. There is an obvious problem with the shoes, I’ve heard of shoes causing all sorts of problems but nothing like this, and most other problems go away in a short while if you stop wearing the shoes.

If it’s of any interest, I bought a pair of these generic, $1.00 sandals in a rush before heading to an impromptu road trip to Myrtle Beach with a few of my friends (I usually don’t wear sandals, but these were cheap enough to necessitate buying). I’ve been using them for about a month after the trip as something to plod around the yard in, or for other recreational activities, and I’ve not seen any adverse effects through using them. I’d have to imagine that the people who are suffering said problems would have to be allergic to some chemical used in the plastic.

That, or the salt water at the beach dissolved the “dangerous chemical”. Hmmmmn.

Sam Walton must be rolling over in his cheap-ass Chinese-made coffin. Oh wait, the plastic probably burned the skin off of his corpse within the first few weeks. I guess his bones are rolling over. No wait, the Chinese use bones to make to make snacks for children. Oh crap, they use children to make toys. Oh crap, they use the plastic from toys to make coffins. Oh crap! Circle of Life!

Im writing in regards to the sandals at Wal-Mart. Im not sure how far Wal-Mart will go with a complaint unless a good number of people will complain. I have called them numerous times about a product and another issue and was told that they would contact me in a couple of days. I guess their number of days are different than mine. Its been about 6 months. You have to stay after them.